History
Eternal resurrection
James Orr reviews Tom Holland’s Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind
Latin hero of love-torn teenagers
Tibor Fischer reviews A Thousand Kisses by Frederic Raphael
A flawed masterpiece that will dominate the field
Jeremy Black reviews David Abulafia’s The Boundless Sea: A Human History of the Oceans
Winners of the Wall Game
A confident new Germany has consigned division to history
Might-have-been books
Do I ever regret the books I might have written? Only fleetingly.
Unusual eminent Victorian
Christopher Fildes reviews a new biography of Walter Bagehot
Remember them more honestly
We should change the way we commemorate our war dead
Ageing gracelessly?
A new book on care is filled with empirical insights but short on rhetorical power
Rewiring the state
Kemi Badenoch has a plan, though what it involves is anyone’s guess
Going solo
This Christmas, 40 competitors will face the most difficult sporting challenge on the planet
A Soviet revelation
David Oistrakh: The Warner Remastered Edition (58CDs, 3DVDs)
Getting the creeps
How should we cope with the unsettling in everyday life?
South Africa needs better policies, not just better vibes
Political change must lead to economic change as well
Libyans, Parisians and London Irish
Dry-ish, spare, clear-eyed — rare in a world of literary bloat, sentiment and overstatement
The “open borders experiment” is reversible
Keir Starmer can and should change the conditions by which migrants become eligible for Indefinite Leave To Remain status
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
Tablets of stone
Tech firms increasingly set the rules when it comes to education
Tough women take on the bad guys
When it comes to spy dramas and domestic angst, less is very definitely more
